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Thx, but 52 years shooting leupolds. Don't want knobs. turning, tell me distance, dead. 300 kills with leupold.Highly recommend you look at this before you buy another leupold, or vortex for that matter.
This one lost zero riding in the backseat of a truck; let alone a horseback ride up to 14k feet.
Leupold VX-3HD 3.5-10x40mm CDS-ZL Field Evaluation
This is a field evaluation of a Leupold VX-3HD 3.5-10x40mm CDS-ZL scope. This scope was sent to Ryan Avery for an evaluation. The ammunition used was Hornady Black 168gr AMAX that was purchased by Ryan. The 20 round proof group was just over 1.3 MOA. The scope and weight- Turrets...
If you want simple, reliable, durable strongly consider the nightforce SHV 3-10. You can get it in a plain duplex or a holdover type reticle. Trijicon is also doing well.
No knobs on the nightforce. Sits on my 30-06 and never needs to be checked or re-zeroed. Unliked the leupolds I’ve owned
A 52 year-old habit is hard to change, but there’s plenty of evidence showing that Leupold has changed for the worse in that time and that Vortex wasn’t that great from the start. If you want non-dialers that are likely to be more reliable at holding zero, look at the Trijicon Huron series. A friend of mine who is all about walnut and blued steel put one of their 3-12s on his 300 mag and loves it.
Just because a scope has turrets doesn’t mean you have to dial with it. Find a scope with an MOA or Mil reticle, do the math on where your yardages correspond to the hash marks, and use it like a bdc reticle.
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If you’ve had great luck with the Leupold, then stick with them. There is a lot to be said with being familiar and comfortable with a scope type, similar eye relief and similar reticles. People are passionate in the drop tests and it does have some great info in there. You asked between the two options though so I am sticking to your two given ones so stay with Leupold.
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I looked at this review and maybe missed it, but was this scope mounted with the rings lapped? I personally have found that a scope that doesn't hold zero isn't necessarily always the scope. You have to look at the whole mounting system before just saying the scope is "junk". Most if not all of the problems, I have encountered have been remedied with lapping the rings, torque wrenching to proper specs, and locktite. I've found if the rings aren't lapped properly the consistently of pressure on the scope isn't held in a uniform manner by the ring, Because the pressure is isn't uniform across the scope, under recoil it tends to move. I believe this accounts for more point of impact change than anything.Highly recommend you look at this before you buy another leupold, or vortex for that matter.
This one lost zero riding in the backseat of a truck; let alone a horseback ride up to 14k feet.
Leupold VX-3HD 3.5-10x40mm CDS-ZL Field Evaluation
This is a field evaluation of a Leupold VX-3HD 3.5-10x40mm CDS-ZL scope. This scope was sent to Ryan Avery for an evaluation. The ammunition used was Hornady Black 168gr AMAX that was purchased by Ryan. The 20 round proof group was just over 1.3 MOA. The scope and weight- Turrets...
If you want simple, reliable, durable strongly consider the nightforce SHV 3-10. You can get it in a plain duplex or a holdover type reticle. Trijicon is also doing well.
There are endless posts about those scopes failing.
